UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 25, Page 1
March 23, 1995
Doctoral candidates named national Sea Grant fellows

     Charlotte de Fontaubert and alumna Rebecca Metzner, both doctoral
candidates in the College of Marine Studies, have been selected for
the 1995 National Sea Grant Federal Fellows Program. The University of
Delaware is one of only seven Sea Grant programs to be represented by
more than one fellow.
     Sponsored by the National Sea Grant College Program in the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and endorsed by the
U.S. Congress, the competitive program matches highly qualified
graduate students with host agencies in the legislative and executive
branches of the federal government for a year.
     Each of the nation's 29 Sea Grant programs may nominate four
students. Of the 57 candidates who were nominated this year, 25 were
selected for the fellows program.
     De Fontaubert is working for the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
     Her first assignment is assisting with preparations for the
ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
and joining the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on
Straddling and High Migratory Fish Stocks.
     A native of France, De Fontaubert has a master's degree in law
from the Universite Paris Assas, a master's degree in management and
international business law from the Universite Paris Dauphine and a
master's degree in sea-use law, economics and policy from the London
School of Economics and Political Science.
     Her primary interests are in coastal management as a means of
achieving sustainable development and in international assistance and
exchange programs.
     With a bachelor's degree in biology from Princeton University and
a master's degree in economics from Delaware, Metzner, who is from
Wilmington, is working for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science
and Transportation.
     She is assisting with preparations for the reauthorization of the
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which involves a
series of hearings around the country, and the Coast Guard Act.
     Her interests are in national and international fisheries policy
and management, including the use of individual transferable quotas as
an alternative to traditional management techniques.
     "We are proud to have two of our students participate in this
important and highly competitive program," Carolyn A. Thoroughgood,
dean of the college and director of the University of Delaware Sea
Grant College Program said.
     "They will have the opportunity to contribute to national policy-
making efforts and gain a bird's-eye view of the political process,
which will enrich their future careers," Throughgood added.